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BEFORE: A family photo taken shortly before John and Carole Towriss left to adopt babies Dara and Johnny shows them with their first two children, Mira (bottom) and Emma.
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AFTER: John and Carole Towriss relax back home with all of their children. Emma (center, top) and Mira (center, bottom) kept the home fires burning while their parents went abroad to adopt their new siblings, Dara (in John's lap), and Johnny.
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A journey for international adoption

A veteran CNN journalist and his wife undertake a trans-Atlantic journey to welcome two orphaned children from Kazakhstan into their family. Follow John and Carole Towriss as they navigate the events and emotions of international adoption in this five-part series. Click here for the latest story. >>

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Departing D.C.

The night before leaving Washington for Moscow to meet with their adoption coordinator, John and Carole Towriss prepare for a journey filled with emotion. FULL STORY >>

Kazakhstan orphanage

Parents meet children for the first time in an orphanage in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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The adoption

The next leg of the trip takes the family to Kazakhstan's former capital, Almaty, for an exit interview with the United States embassy.
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Homeward bound

After wrapping up legal procedures in Kazakhstan, the couple must stop in Moscow for final medical exams before the babies can continue on to Washington with their new parents.
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Thanksgiving together

The new family arrives home in Washington to a house full of relatives waiting to meet the kids and celebrate Thanksgiving together.
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